Abstract

Open peer commentary on the article “I Can’t Yet and Growth Mindset” by Fiona Murphy & Hugh Gash.: Murphy and Gash interpret Bateson’s deutero-learning as constructivist, but the only rationale for their interpretation is that deutero-learning is adaptive to the environment. Their limited rationale opens the possibility that their interpretation and use of deutero-learning is behavioristic. My goals in this commentary are to interpret Bateson’s deutero-learning, as well as his Learning I, using radical constructivism, and critique the authors’ interpretation and use of deutero-learning.